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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Save the Eagle

Did you know last Tuesday (January 10) was national Save the Eagle day? Neither did I until I read about it over at Outlawz. I can't enter this card in their challenge because that's a color challenge (and I didn't use those colors) but I have to give credit to them for the inspiration to use a feather or two on a card.

This is another of those vintage images which seem to have me hooked lately, printed onto parchment paper, then die cut with one of my new die sets (hexagon), and matted with chocolate CS, cut one size larger. I cut the background dp with scissors (after adhering it to the card front - cut all the way through the card), turned the cut off piece and adhered it to the back edge of the card. Then I added a strip of brown CS to set off the wavy front edge and complement the wavy back edge.

The striped dp is another piece from that same dp mat stack, Linen Closet - DCWV, matted with brown CS and wrapped with sheer brown ribbon. I added the feathers (no, those aren't eagle feathers!) and punched a hole for the pearl brad before mounting the strip onto the card front. Pearls were added to the image panel and then it was mounted last.

TIP: Here's a tip for getting feathers adhered to a card without having them glued down the entire length of the feather. I scraped the tip of the "feather stem" with a craft knife to flatten it as much as possible, then put down a tiny drop of craft glue right where the feathers were to go. Before adding the feathers, I punched a tiny hole for the brad right next to the glue spot. Then, I added the feather tips to the glue spot, and put the brad in place. The brad overlaps the feather tips and holds everything in place while the glue dries. It's also securely glued in place.

The eagle feeding new chicks is so symbolic of New Beginnings and certainly has lots to do with saving the eagles. Without offspring, there will be no eagles left to save.

29 comments:

Connie, Sorry I haven't been on the computer much lately to comment. This card is just beautiful. Your stamping looks stunning on the parchment paper and I love the colors and design of your background paper. Thank you for a great tip on attaching the feathers. Hopefully I can keep that one in the back of my mind. Actually, I think I'll add that to the notes in my new Smash book right now. Thanks-

Wow this is one beauty of a card. Love your colour combo and use of that sketch too. Love the feather tip too. Thanks for playing at Top Tip Tuesday and good luck. Hope to see you back tuesday for a new challenge. Bettina xx

What a beautiful card - your image is stunning! And such a fab Top Tip too - great idea to add the brad, I've never thought of that and always have to find something to glue the feathers 'underneath'! THANKS!I have to mention your 'wavy' edge too - that is awesome - great work!

Thanks for joining us over at Top Tip Tuesday and we look forward to you joining us next time too :)

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